Undergraduate Catalog

Writing Minor

Program Requirements for Writing Minors (18 credits)

Must complete a minimum of 18 credit hours in writing.

ENGL 160Composition and Rhetoric

3

English 160 Composition and Rhetoric is the prerequisite for the internship and all upper-division writing courses. The upper-division courses may be taken in any sequence.

The remaining five courses may be fulfilled by any 200-level or 400-level writing courses or 300-level courses designated "Writing Intensive" (course number will be followed by a "W.").

Students should strive to take courses in a variety of the categories listed below, with no more than 2 in any one category:

Writing Survey courses (220, 230, 240)

Writing Theory

Workplace Writing

Creative Writing

Social Justice Writing

Writing Intensive Literature Course

Senior Seminar (495)

Internship (451)

Students should see the English Program Coordinator or Chair with any questions about advising for these minors.

ENGL 420Editing and Style

3

ENGL 425Rhetoric and Persuasion

3

ENGL 450Writing for the Social Sciences

3

ENGL 460Creative Writing

3

ENGL 461Writing Creative Nonfiction

3

ENGL 464Writing Poetry

3

ENGL 470Business/Technical Writing

3

ENGL 475Composition: Theory and Practice

3

ENGL 484Political Writing and Rhetoric

3

ENGL 485Writing and Cultural Studies

3

ENGL 490Feminist Writing and Rhetoric

3

ENGL XXXW

3-6

ENGL 451Internship

3